In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

Mount Manresa was a community space owned by Jesuits, but has now been sold to developers.

An international team of researchers has created a new type of cement that uses these discarded items that is just as strong, but produces far less emissions.

A process that recycles cigarette butts into bricks for construction could kick a nasty littering habit.

First there was foamcrete, then there was papercrete and hempcrete, and now we've got AirCrete, a foamy mixture of air bubbles and cement.

"Exuberant low cost studios for creatives and artists" are plugged into a giant structure in this revolutionary project.

When you stop buying prepackaged foods, you have to start cooking them yourself. It's not that hard once you get into the swing of it.

Forget everything you've heard about how to clean mushrooms.

From cherries and cauliflower to grapes and pumpkins, wonderful things happen when you cook these foods whole.

From how to cook butter beans to recipes and health benefits, here's the lowdown on the tastiest legume in the pantry.

You'll get a perfectly crispy, golden exterior.

This super easy recipe makes a plant-based pumpkin pudding that is rich, creamy, healthy, and delicious.

The cauliflower parts that usually end up in the trash may be the tastiest part of all.

This recipe's secret ingredient leads to a rich and creamy plant-based pumpkin pie that also happens to be healthy and easy to make.

Need some last-minute inspiration? We've gather together our favorite vegetarian and vegan recipes from which to choose.

After decades of eating mostly a plant-based diet, these are the basic staples I've learned to keep on hand for a variety of meals.

New research finds that a two-pronged approach is necessary to fight things like sea-level rise and ocean acidification.

It's part of a statewide effort to crack down on plastic waste.

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.

NASA finds that over the last 20 years, the atmosphere above the Amazon rainforest has been drying out – here's why.

There are huge upfront carbon emissions from building new housing; a better approach is to be smarter about what we have.

Everybody is hopping on the hydrogen train, but it's being driven by natural gas.

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.

Put down that burger and get out your bike. Things are getting serious.

Evidently natural gas has a clean image that is being threatened by reality.

With a carbon credit card, it doesn't have to be hard.

A lotta lentils.

Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.

The origins of Joseph Pilates' regimented workout program began when he was sequestered in an internment camp in England during WWI.

Yes, but not necessarily in the way you think.

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

They save concrete and look great after all these years.

Sand mining is described as "the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of." Another good reason to use wood instead of concrete.

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.

It's a celebration of a technology that covers longer spans with less concrete and looks good, too. Here are some I have feasted on.

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

Yet another thing we are running out of.

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.

Twice a year we look at yummy waffle slabs, a really efficient way to do more with less.

Making cement puts out a lot of CO2. Making concrete needs a lot of sand. Both are big problems.

Ambitious progress is possible, even in society's hardest to abate sectors.

Contractors are having trouble meeting the new safety standard.

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.

But nobody is buying greener cement because it costs more.